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  1. Reflections on the DTA programme, fellows and new videos

    September 28, 2022

    …passion and enthusiasm for her research is evident in all that she does. (Read Surya’s latest blog here). Ana’s confidence has grown in her time with the programme. She was voted in by her peers to represent them as part of the inaugural DTA Student Representative Committee. She ably managed student feedback during the height of the pandemic, collaborating with us and her peers to create a better pathway between the DTA and its students, thus hel…

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  2. Teesside’s Net Zero Ambitions

    March 1, 2024

    …onomy by 2050 and create up to 1,000 high-value-added jobs. The NZIIC is already collaborating on an innovative hydrogen transport demonstration project in the Tees Valley, which will see fleets of zero-emission trucks, powered by hydrogen fuel cells, being deployed across the region from the mid-2020s. A vehicle used in the hydrogen transport hub Academics from Teesside University’s School of Computing, Engineering & Digital Technologies and the…

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  3. Why degree apprenticeships deserve your attention

    February 5, 2024

    …gland and Wales and delivered mostly by universities (including the ground-breaking Police Education Consortium). However, this has been destabilised through a frustrating policy disconnect within government following the Home Office decision to end the compulsory roll-out of police degrees and statements promoting non-degree routes for policing. 2. There are choppy waters ahead We should not assume that on the current trajectory, the growth or ma…

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  4. Groundhog Day: Managing Motivation when Working from Home

    March 3, 2021

    …ou hit your flow), experiment and find what works best for you. Tiny tasks Breaking my goals into very small tangible tasks helped to reduce the overwhelming sense of swimming through treacle. Instead of telling myself, “Today I will write the background chapter,” I began to break it down into smaller tasks.   Ticking these smaller tasks of the list shows progress and can make that overarching goal no longer feel insurmountable. Dedicated workspac…

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  5. How Coventry University Group are driving ‘challenge-led innovation’

    February 23, 2024

    …involved come together to share knowledge and skills. It is a common theme running through our most successful programmes and we must continue to collaborate and embrace new perspectives today if we are to grow and succeed tomorrow. At Coventry University Group, we are committed to doing just this and, by pushing boundaries and disrupting the status quo, we will continue to employ challenge-led innovation to address the most urgent challenges faci…

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  6. 2021 at University Alliance: the year in review

    December 21, 2021

    …ector showcasing session with DfE officials on the role of universities in running Multi-Academy Trusts. We didn’t pull punches in our response to the ITT market review, and subsequently campaigned for the government to halt its implementation. This is an issue we continue to engage on. In much sadder news, we lost a dear and well-respected colleague this Summer: Professor Jane Turner, Pro-Vice Chancellor at Teesside University, who made such a hu…

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  7. Stronger Together: Building A University Alliance For The Future

    May 10, 2019

    …y platform, setting out a bold agenda. We’ve got a history of working constructively with policymakers behind the scenes, while advocating, arguing and lobbying hard for our 21 full and programme members. And we run great initiatives, including our Doctoral Training Alliance, which has supported hundreds of PhD scholars since 2015. But we can’t stand still. I want to get away from the old-fashioned, hierarchical outlook within higher education, wh…

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  8. We’re failing students unless closing the attainment gap is a priority

    May 2, 2019

    …for the sector as a whole to tackle it. The report rightly highlights the crucial role of university leadership in driving progress. I was pleased to be part of a Vice-Chancellor’s working group that provided feedback and a strategic view on the role senior leaders can play in helping to accelerate progress in closing the attainment gap. In order to have a meaningful impact, I strongly believe a commitment to addressing this issue has to be embedd…

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  9. British Academy join our call to look beyond salary-led definitions of value

    December 4, 2019

    …ts. Consequently, it is not realistic to expect all current graduates to already be earning the national average at effectively only an eighth of the way through their working life. Setting aside what a ‘good’ salary is and when we can expect to earn it, there are many questions about whether we can take salary levels as a proxy for how we measure the contribution of individuals, and particularly of graduates, to our economy and society in general…

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  10. Celebrating the very best of DTA creativity and research talent at the Images of Research Awards

    October 21, 2020

    …s inspired by her research into the use of wind turbines in cold climates. Runner up of the People’s Choice was Lénaïc Borot (Bioscience, Liverpool John Moores University) with ‘Does the activity of the brain allow me to watch what you’re watching?’. This image was inspired by her project which studies how the brain processes sensorimotor information. A huge well done to all DTA researchers who submitted images, and a huge congratulations to Ifrah…

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